Words starting with D

Everyday Shona words

• -dzadzambidza
• -dzadzambiraTo strive is to try to do something correctly.
• -dzadzanga
• dzadzanu
• -dzadzanuka
• dzadzara dzadzara
• -dzadzarika
• -dzadzuka
• -dzaka
• dzaka dzaka
• dzakatsaka
• dzakawanda
• dzaku
• -dzakura
• dzakutsaku
• -dzama
• dzamachechetere
• dzamara
• dzamarama
• dzamariyataTo go to the land of no return, never to come back again.
• dzamatsama
• -dzamba
• -dzamba
• -dzambanuka
• dzambiringwa
• -dzamira
• dzamu
• -dzamuka
• -dzamura
• -dzana
• dzande
• dzangara dzangara
• dzangaradzimu
• dzapata
• dzaru
• dzatitsatiThis is like the cracking of a fire made from firewood in a stove. This is a medicine used to strengthen a man's back.
• dzatsa
• dzatsatsa
• dzatu
• -dzatuka
• -dzatura
• dzawe
• dze dze dze
• dzedu
• -dzedura
• dzedzerere
• -dzemberedza
• -dzemberera
• -dzemura
• dzemurwa
• -dzenda-dzenda
• -dzendemuka
• -dzendemura
• dzenga
• -dzengedzeka
• -dzengerera
• dzepfunde
• dzera dzera
• dzere
• dzete
• dzetse
• -dzeyaTo ruminate is to chew again what has been swallowed, which some animals do when they are resting. When you ruminate on a matter, you are thinking deeply about it, later on and by yourself.
• dzeyo
• -dzidza
• -dzidza
• -dzidzana
• dzidzimu
• -dzidzimuka
• -dzidzimuraTo rouse someone is to make a person who was unconscious or unaware of what is happening wake up.
• -dzidzisa
• -dzidziuka
• dzidzo
• dzihwa
• -dzika
• -dzikama
• dzikana
• -dzikatidza
• -dzikatira
• -dzikinuka
• -dzikinura
• -dzikinyidza
• dzikinyidzo
• dzikirira
• -dzikisa
• dzikiti
• dzikitsikiThis is a person who is incapable of facing people without shame for what they have done.
• -dzima
• dzimaidza
• dzimara
• -dzimatira
• -dzimbaIf a hunter is said to be 'dzimba' it means they have caught an animal. If the body 'dzimba' it means it is painful.
• dzimba
• dzimbabweDzimbabwe is a large royal residence of ancient chiefs that was built with carved stones, similar to the Great Zimbabwe. It is said that Chief Mutota's Dzimbabwe was in Dande.
• -dzimira
• -dzimura
• -dzimwaira-yawn .
• dzinde
• -dzingaWhen you are chasing something, you want it to leave its current location and go somewhere else. When a male dog chases a female dog, it mounts her to reproduce.
• -dzingaidza
• dzingidzi
• dzingiso
• dzinoyemurika
• dzinza
• dzipa
• -dzipa
• -dzipukaTo uproot from the ground with roots, such as a plant, grass, or other things.
• dzira
• -dzisa
• -dzitidza
• -dzitikadarken
• -dzitira
• dzitsi
• dzitsi
• -dzitsinyira
• dzitya
• dziu
• -dziuka
• -dziuraWhen you pierce, you are essentially opening what was closed. If someone wants to pass through where you are and you pierce a hole, you are giving them an opportunity to pass through. If a man 'pierces' a woman, it means he is the one who initiated sexual relations with her. If a doctor 'pierces' an ear, it means he is enabling someone who couldn't hear to be able to hear. To pierce means to puncture the ear with a needle or a thorn, leaving holes so that earrings can be worn as decoration. When digging a well or a mine, if you 'pierce' a clean source of water, it means you have reached where the water comes from.
• -dziva
• dziva
• dziva dziva
• -dzivaidza
• -dzivaira
• -dziviriraWhen you are defending, you are making sure that what causes harm does not reach the one who is to be harmed. -protect, -defend. When young children are vaccinated to prevent diseases, it is done so that they are not affected by the diseases.
• -dzivisa
• dzivo
• -dziyaWhen you are warming yourself by a fire, you must sit close to it so that you don't get cold.
• -dzohona
• dzoi dzoi
• -dzoka
• dzoke
• -dzokera
• -dzokerera
• -dzokesa
• dzoko
• dzokono
• dzokonokeReturn.
• -dzokorora
• dzoma
• -dzomotoka
• -dzonga
• -dzongodza
• -dzongonya
• -dzonya
• -dzonyera
• -dzonza-stir.
• -dzora
• dzoran'ombe
• dzoro
• dzororo
• -dzosa
• dzoto
• dzotso
• dzu"Dzu" describes the fullness of something placed in a container. The plate was full with reddish-brown pumpkin.
• dzu dzu dzu
• dzubwi
• dzudzo
• -dzudzunga
• dzudzunu
• -dzudzunura
• -dzudzura
• -dzuka
• dzukwa
• -dzumbunuka
• -dzumbunura
• -dzumburudza
• -dzumburudzana
• dzundu
• dzunga dzunga
• -dzungaira
• -dzungira
• dzungu
• dzungu dzungu
• -dzungudza
• -dzunhaTo shake, tear, or cut.
• dzuni
• dzunzu
• dzunzwa
• -dzura
• dzuramombe
• dzuro makova
• -dzurudzuta
• -dzurura
• -dzutura
• dzuwe
• dzva
• -dzva
• dzvadzvana
• -dzvamuka
• dzvanga
• -dzvara
• dzvaru
• dzvatarume
• dzvati
• -dzvatsa
• dzvatsu
• -dzvatsva
• dzvatsvatsva
• dzvemete
• -dzveneThis is a praise name meaning something good - pure.
• dzvene
• -dzvenga
• dzvetera
• dzvetetsvete
• dzvetsva
• dzvi
• dzviba
• dzvikiro
• dzvikutsviku
• -dzvinya
• -dzvinyinga
• -dzvinyira
• -dzvinyiriraTo oppress is to harass, trouble, or treat someone unfairly, making things difficult for them. Oppression is to rule with force and cruelty by rulers who lack the support of the people.
• dzvinyu
• dzvirutsviru
• -dzvita
• dzvito
• dzvitsviroriThis is a major disaster or destruction caused by an accident.
• dzvoko
• dzvokorabaniThis is a mushroom with soft leaves that usually grows alone.
• dzvombi
• -dzvomhora
• -dzvondora
• -dzvongama
• dzvongo
• -dzvonyn'ora
• dzvonyo
• -dzvonyora
• dzvootsvoo
• dzvootsvoo
• dzvororochin
• dzvoti
• dzvotsvoma
• dzvotsvotsvo
• -dzvova
• dzvu
• dzvukamupiriviri
• dzvuketsvuke
• dzvukudende
• -dzvura
• dzvururu
• -dzvuta
• dzvutu
• -dzvutumadza
• dzwana
• dzwanitsa
• -dzwanya
• dzwi
• dzwiitswii
• dzwitswitswi